tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536909495776288358.post9026321272795850326..comments2024-03-26T00:42:41.881-07:00Comments on Educational Escapades: Record-keepingKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634109697988974130noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536909495776288358.post-21610647377384742662009-05-16T04:02:00.000-07:002009-05-16T04:02:00.000-07:00I am finding this too. Have been so down this week...I am finding this too. Have been so down this week because I feel pressured to prove my children are learning. Still very new to it all and trying to find out what works and what doesn't is hard.Lynseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14531661829493249948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536909495776288358.post-18251101793324797712009-04-28T05:12:00.000-07:002009-04-28T05:12:00.000-07:00I know Elizabeth - I'm my own worst enemy sometime...I know Elizabeth - I'm my own worst enemy sometimes. In good moments (and these are most of the time) I can see all this, and enjoy what we're doing. These worries arise when I listen to that part of me that is slightly paranoid, full of self-doubt, and has a need to cover all bases.<br />Thats so true that the kids are proof enough that something is going on, maybe I need to have more faith in A.<br />Cheers XKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07634109697988974130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536909495776288358.post-62613188104206089682009-04-27T11:58:00.000-07:002009-04-27T11:58:00.000-07:00As we don't need to show 'proof', I wouldn't stres...As we don't need to show 'proof', I wouldn't stress over it. I do keep a journal of what we've done for bookwork--only for my own records (especially as K is older--helps me to remember what might work for K). I don't keep the sheets or the work. I figure if worse comes to worse, the kids are the 'proof' that something goes on. <br />Your blog records so many of A's accomplishements and outings--which are a wonderful record. I just jot everything down in a spiral notebook-and it doesn't matter if there are time-lapses--it's not an official document--so when you think about it, do it, when you don't think about--relax, there are a zillion more important things to worry about!Elizabeth (My Reading World)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09878751176756550420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536909495776288358.post-50306412493457466602009-04-26T14:52:00.000-07:002009-04-26T14:52:00.000-07:00Thanks for your comments, its helpful to get some ...Thanks for your comments, its helpful to get some feedback on this.<br /><br />Jax - you're completely right about enjoying the freedom while we still have it! Sometimes I wish I wasn't such a worrier, as I know it can spoil the present, all this worrying about the future. I'm working on that :)<br /><br />Dawny - thanks mate, I need to keep reminding myself that I have the right to decide on terms of communication. I think I'm just so worried about being caught off guard - thats so often the way I get pushed into things. I guess thats what this is all about - I need to clarify in my own mind how I'm going to deal with it.<br /><br />Fiona - I know what you mean about the 'project book' - every time I find myself suggesting it I cringe, I think just posting about this has brought it home to me how unhelpful it probably is to A. <br />I'm actually in Scotland, and am a member of both EO and Schoolhouse, so I know the support is there. I think you're right about getting an educational philosophy/plan of provision down on paper, then at least I've got something ready to offer. We're still relatively new to HE, so I've not really felt confident enough about what we're doing to put one together, but I think I've reached that point now.<br /><br />This 'comment' has turned into a full post!!<br />Cheers XKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07634109697988974130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536909495776288358.post-73829111481177495732009-04-26T10:01:00.000-07:002009-04-26T10:01:00.000-07:00sorry forgot to ask, are you in england?
fionasorry forgot to ask, are you in england? <br /><br />fionaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536909495776288358.post-91259706278213053092009-04-26T09:56:00.000-07:002009-04-26T09:56:00.000-07:00hi this is fiona, chair of EO government policy gr...hi this is fiona, chair of EO government policy group. i'm biased but the phrase "project book" strikes a note of doom. i;d recommend you write an educational philosophy, following tips from this page here. <br /><br />http://www.education-otherwise.org/edphil.htm<br /><br />plus everything is "educational". <br /><br />excluded children or sick children get a few hours tutoring a week. i honestly think you are expecting too much of yourself. <br /><br />fionaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536909495776288358.post-46873587209123746352009-04-26T08:36:00.000-07:002009-04-26T08:36:00.000-07:00Sweetie they have no rights ( as yet) to see any r...Sweetie they have no rights ( as yet) to see any records of anything. <br />If they look for concrete on paperr stuff from us this year they will find very little, but learning I know we've (including me) done loads, but it's not on paper , I even keep forgetting the camera out. <br />They meet you on your terms or you send in an ed phil and just liase with them on your terms . they don't have the rights to even insist it's at your house , invite him or her alnog on a day out. . . at a play barn, at the museum, you call the shots :-) <br />hugs <br />d xxstefndawniyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11361832361543710591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536909495776288358.post-56331628496734609842009-04-26T03:08:00.000-07:002009-04-26T03:08:00.000-07:00It is a very difficult one isn't it? We're very fr...It is a very difficult one isn't it? We're very free flow atm, although it does change from time to time, and although I blog, I don't mention every little learning conversation that goes on and I think it's those little learning conversations that make all the difference.<br /><br />But I'm firmly relying on dealing with it when it comes and not letting what could be change what is now - if we do have to do something different to satisfy inspectors in the future, I want to savour every last little bit of freedom first.Jaxhttp://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitupnoreply@blogger.com